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December 14, 2009
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FACTORY FINNISH
ROAD TO VANCOUVER 2010 THE DEFENDING Olympic silver medalists enter the 2010 Games with a lot of questions, the most prominent and intriguing among them being which of Finland’s all-world keepers will end up as the go-to guy? Both Miikka Kiprusoff in Calgary and Niklas Backstrom in Minnesota have played well this season and it’s as likely as Vancouver rain that one of those two will get most of the playing time. The odds-on favorite through October and most of November was Kiprusoff, who shed his reputation as a slow starter and had the Flames perched in the West’s upper echelon. But the situation became murky when Kiprusoff publicly stated in late November that if he wasn’t going to be the starter, he’d rather stay home and rest during the Olympic break. Not surprisingly,…
WINGER DESTINED FOR WHEAT KINGS
Wheaton King is an ideal Wheat King. “My name is a pure coincidence,” said the rookie left winger with the Brandon Wheat Kings. “I was named Wheaton because I grew up on a wheat farm in Elgin, Manitoba.” He also grew up a Wheat Kings fan, given Elgin’s proximity to Brandon. As a youngster, his family had season tickets. “I’d get a lot of people talking to me about perhaps playing for them in the future, but I never thought it would actually happen,” said King, 17, whom Brandon selected in the sixth round of the 2007 bantam draft. He is the second member of the family to play for Brandon. His elder brother, Sanfred King, 19, spent a season and a half with the Wheat Kings before sustaining a…
Nashville
OLYMPICS Like father, like son? That would be just fine with Ryan Suter. The Nashville Predators defenseman figures to be part of the United States team at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and will seek to carry on a family tradition. When Suters go to the Olympics, they win. Some even make miracles happen. Bob Suter, Ryan’s dad, was a member of the 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ U.S. squad that thwarted the mighty Soviet Union powerhouse en route to the gold medal at Lake Placid. Gary Suter, Ryan’s uncle, helped the U.S. capture a silver medal at Salt Lake City, Utah in 1998. “I get goose bumps (thinking about) if I could get on the same pedestal as my dad and uncle, or just being an Olympian like my uncle and dad,” said…
HAT TRICK
THREE NHLers RECEIVE SUSPENSIONS AFTER RISKY HITS
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